Ginny Hughes made this patriotic card and gives us a great tip for using Baker’s Twine too! I have a couple of tips for using twine on your projects. When adding twine to a project I find it helpful to cut just a tiny slit in the side or sides of […]

Jing-Jing Nickel created this banner from the Off to School line from Fancy Pants Designs. Add this to any party decor! Check out the instructions below: Fancy This: Congrats Banner June has arrived and with it the graduation season! Fancy Pants Designs has the most perfect school related collection in Off to School […]

You won’t believe what Carolina Garrido used to create the fun flower in the lower left corner of this page – a mesh produce bag! Frugal finds: flower embellishment using a mesh bag! I love the Frugal Finds feature at Practical Scrappers, it is always play time and creative time, and the results are […]

Amy Heller shows us step-by-step how she put her layout together. Thanks Amy! Make It Sunday with Amy Heller Hi everyone! I’m Amy Heller and I’m thrilled to be joining you today on the Elle’s Studio blog for Make it Sunday! I was a part of the Winter 2010 Design Team, and it’s just […]

I am always drawn to pages that have a lot of white space. The photos really pop on them. Plus I like this tip on making the chipboard pieces white – by dipping them in gesso! Great tip! By Lady Grace Belarmino I always wanted to tryout a softer colour palette on my pages. For this […]

More new releases from Paper Smooches! By Kim Hughes Please welcome our newest stamps. Green Acres Pip Squeaks Qwick Qwips Here are some ideas that might get your creative juices flowing… There is a “leaf shaped” image on the Green Acres stamp set that is intended to make your farm guy a gal. Can […]

Wplus9 just released a new stamp set, Fresh Picked, and it is really fresh! Plus make matching die cuts with their companion dies. And take a look at all the gorgeous cards they’ve made to showcase the set – WOW! By Dawn Woleslagle It’s Release Week! For those of you that are new to Wplus9, […]